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FOREWORD By Kerry Binks Kerala, south west India. A state drenched in sun and bedecked with every type of luscious landscape, from beaches to mountains and backwaters to plains. The ever present hum and clatter of boat or bus is heard as the locals hurriedly go about their errands in streets teeming with life. Echoes of the past whisper from the colonial relics. As train, plane, bike, car, and homemade machine whiz past. Countless eyes fix on you as you glide past their lives. The foreign skin tickling their curiosity. Backwaters and mountains decorate the scene. Sleepers drifting on the boats through the canals calmly collecting their dreams. Public busses dominate the high winding roads, rattling along with faces and limbs hanging from the windows chewing tobacco and staring into space, seemingly oblivious to the ceaseless screeching and honking. Life is cheap, the odds aren’t good. Safety not the priority, speed and chaos take centre stage. Rushing and swerving, merging with the sea of machines. A crash is a non-event, a death is noted, but fear seems to allude the rooted minds. A game of chance you could say as danger lurks and rears past turn after turn. You stop, say a prayer and thank your stars for keeping you safe again.
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Kerala, south west India. A state drenched in sun and bedecked with every type of luscious landscape, from beaches to mountains and backwaters to plains. A journey here is a game of chance, as danger lurks and rears past turn after turn.
Thanks to the people of Kerala for making this project possible. Published by Luke Moran-Morris, Brighton, England, March 2015 Š Luke Moran-Morris 2015 luke@moran-morris.co.uk 48